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Nuuk in May: every year compared

In May, Nuuk averages highs of 3.9 °C and lows of -1.0 °C, with 58 mm of precipitation. The warmest May was 2010 (6.4 °C), the coldest 1966 (-5.3 °C).

Avg. highAvg. high 3.9 °C

Avg. lowAvg. low -1.0 °C

PrecipitationPrecipitation 58 mm

Rainy daysRainy days 8

Day by day through May

Normal high and low for each day of May in Nuuk.

Normal high and low, day by dayNormal 1991–2020

Every May in Nuuk, ranked

86 months of May since 1940. The last one, 2025, ranks 32 of 86 (−1.0 °C vs normal).

194019832025

2025 · 0.6 °C · −1.0 °C vs normal · rank 32 of 86

Warmest years

120106.4 °C
220194.7 °C
319854.6 °C
420083.9 °C
519973.5 °C

Coldest years

11966-5.3 °C
21948-4.8 °C
31943-4.8 °C
41964-3.6 °C
51956-3.3 °C

All 86 years in a table

Year	Mean temperature	Daytime highs	Night lows	Precipitation	Frost days	Snowfall	Rainy days
2025	0.6 °C	2.8 °C	-1.8 °C	60 mm	23 days	39 cm	10 days
2024	-0.4 °C	1.6 °C	-2.7 °C	24 mm	29 days	9 cm	3 days
2023	2.1 °C	4.5 °C	-0.3 °C	43 mm	19 days	17 cm	10 days
2022	-0.3 °C	1.9 °C	-2.9 °C	64 mm	28 days	37 cm	9 days
2021	1.6 °C	3.9 °C	-0.9 °C	50 mm	26 days	35 cm	8 days
2020	3.2 °C	5.9 °C	0.4 °C	49 mm	7 days	27 cm	8 days
2019	4.7 °C	8.4 °C	1.3 °C	0 mm	5 days	0 cm	0 days
2018	-1.9 °C	0.5 °C	-4.9 °C	55 mm	27 days	28 cm	9 days
2017	1.8 °C	3.8 °C	-0.4 °C	64 mm	13 days	16 cm	5 days
2016	3.5 °C	6.1 °C	1.0 °C	101 mm	12 days	27 cm	12 days
2015	-0.3 °C	1.5 °C	-2.4 °C	48 mm	29 days	33 cm	9 days
2014	1.5 °C	3.7 °C	-0.8 °C	21 mm	22 days	13 cm	5 days
2013	-1.2 °C	1.3 °C	-4.1 °C	99 mm	27 days	70 cm	11 days
2012	3.1 °C	5.4 °C	0.9 °C	95 mm	13 days	29 cm	11 days
2011	0.3 °C	2.1 °C	-1.9 °C	18 mm	29 days	16 cm	7 days
2010	6.4 °C	9.6 °C	3.3 °C	113 mm	6 days	14 cm	13 days
2009	0.6 °C	2.7 °C	-1.9 °C	32 mm	20 days	19 cm	7 days
2008	3.9 °C	7.0 °C	0.8 °C	59 mm	12 days	7 cm	8 days
2007	0.4 °C	2.5 °C	-2.0 °C	44 mm	24 days	34 cm	9 days
2006	3.0 °C	5.4 °C	0.4 °C	34 mm	11 days	10 cm	5 days
2005	2.1 °C	3.8 °C	0.4 °C	188 mm	11 days	60 cm	17 days
2004	3.1 °C	5.5 °C	0.2 °C	46 mm	12 days	14 cm	7 days
2003	2.8 °C	5.1 °C	0.0 °C	47 mm	15 days	24 cm	8 days
2002	2.9 °C	5.5 °C	0.1 °C	45 mm	14 days	12 cm	5 days
2001	1.1 °C	2.8 °C	-1.0 °C	102 mm	18 days	43 cm	13 days
2000	0.0 °C	1.9 °C	-2.4 °C	19 mm	28 days	7 cm	5 days
1999	-1.3 °C	0.4 °C	-3.4 °C	103 mm	24 days	37 cm	13 days
1998	1.4 °C	3.4 °C	-1.3 °C	59 mm	19 days	12 cm	9 days
1997	3.5 °C	6.2 °C	0.7 °C	64 mm	8 days	22 cm	9 days
1996	2.9 °C	5.1 °C	0.4 °C	70 mm	14 days	20 cm	13 days
1995	2.8 °C	5.6 °C	-0.1 °C	13 mm	14 days	0 cm	3 days
1994	2.9 °C	5.4 °C	0.2 °C	57 mm	13 days	22 cm	10 days
1993	-2.3 °C	0.0 °C	-4.9 °C	50 mm	22 days	6 cm	5 days
1992	-3.1 °C	-1.2 °C	-5.4 °C	28 mm	31 days	25 cm	6 days
1991	0.0 °C	2.0 °C	-2.4 °C	29 mm	26 days	19 cm	7 days
1990	-0.7 °C	1.2 °C	-3.0 °C	110 mm	26 days	66 cm	10 days
1989	-1.5 °C	0.7 °C	-4.5 °C	64 mm	27 days	27 cm	12 days
1988	0.6 °C	3.1 °C	-2.2 °C	61 mm	18 days	25 cm	9 days
1987	0.7 °C	2.5 °C	-1.6 °C	110 mm	22 days	44 cm	18 days
1986	0.6 °C	2.7 °C	-2.0 °C	77 mm	25 days	47 cm	11 days
1985	4.6 °C	7.9 °C	1.3 °C	11 mm	11 days	0 cm	3 days
1984	-0.2 °C	1.5 °C	-2.3 °C	66 mm	28 days	30 cm	11 days
1983	-0.1 °C	2.0 °C	-2.4 °C	59 mm	27 days	29 cm	13 days
1982	0.8 °C	3.3 °C	-1.8 °C	27 mm	24 days	21 cm	9 days
1981	0.6 °C	3.1 °C	-2.3 °C	81 mm	22 days	35 cm	12 days
1980	2.6 °C	5.2 °C	-0.4 °C	67 mm	17 days	18 cm	7 days
1979	2.2 °C	4.2 °C	-0.4 °C	76 mm	18 days	21 cm	14 days
1978	-0.2 °C	2.0 °C	-3.1 °C	61 mm	27 days	28 cm	14 days
1977	2.5 °C	5.0 °C	-0.2 °C	48 mm	21 days	28 cm	10 days
1976	0.4 °C	2.1 °C	-1.7 °C	16 mm	26 days	10 cm	7 days
1975	0.6 °C	2.6 °C	-1.8 °C	38 mm	18 days	21 cm	8 days
1974	0.6 °C	3.1 °C	-2.2 °C	4 mm	26 days	0 cm	2 days
1973	-0.1 °C	1.3 °C	-1.9 °C	155 mm	23 days	91 cm	18 days
1972	-0.5 °C	1.5 °C	-3.0 °C	31 mm	28 days	18 cm	6 days
1971	-0.4 °C	1.3 °C	-2.5 °C	103 mm	26 days	52 cm	16 days
1970	-1.7 °C	-0.0 °C	-3.6 °C	54 mm	27 days	33 cm	9 days
1969	0.8 °C	2.7 °C	-1.5 °C	92 mm	22 days	47 cm	14 days
1968	2.3 °C	4.1 °C	0.3 °C	19 mm	11 days	7 cm	7 days
1967	1.1 °C	3.0 °C	-1.5 °C	64 mm	21 days	13 cm	14 days
1966	-5.3 °C	-2.8 °C	-8.5 °C	17 mm	28 days	7 cm	4 days
1965	-1.3 °C	1.1 °C	-4.2 °C	32 mm	23 days	7 cm	7 days
1964	-3.6 °C	-1.5 °C	-6.5 °C	33 mm	28 days	19 cm	7 days
1963	-2.7 °C	-0.8 °C	-5.3 °C	112 mm	31 days	69 cm	17 days
1962	-0.2 °C	1.4 °C	-2.6 °C	62 mm	23 days	34 cm	14 days
1961	-1.4 °C	0.3 °C	-3.8 °C	154 mm	25 days	60 cm	14 days
1960	-2.2 °C	-0.1 °C	-5.1 °C	42 mm	25 days	12 cm	8 days
1959	-0.9 °C	1.0 °C	-3.3 °C	76 mm	25 days	33 cm	11 days
1958	-0.8 °C	1.3 °C	-3.7 °C	84 mm	25 days	17 cm	9 days
1957	-3.1 °C	-0.3 °C	-6.4 °C	19 mm	31 days	13 cm	3 days
1956	-3.3 °C	-1.2 °C	-6.0 °C	68 mm	30 days	29 cm	13 days
1955	-2.1 °C	-0.1 °C	-4.6 °C	17 mm	28 days	2 cm	3 days
1954	0.3 °C	2.7 °C	-2.7 °C	23 mm	25 days	6 cm	4 days
1953	-0.4 °C	2.8 °C	-4.5 °C	6 mm	30 days	4 cm	2 days
1952	0.8 °C	3.2 °C	-2.5 °C	25 mm	28 days	12 cm	6 days
1951	0.2 °C	2.6 °C	-3.0 °C	58 mm	29 days	24 cm	7 days
1950	0.2 °C	2.3 °C	-2.4 °C	55 mm	23 days	17 cm	17 days
1949	-2.2 °C	0.6 °C	-5.7 °C	21 mm	31 days	14 cm	5 days
1948	-4.8 °C	-2.4 °C	-7.9 °C	114 mm	25 days	41 cm	9 days
1947	-1.5 °C	0.3 °C	-4.4 °C	53 mm	29 days	18 cm	8 days
1946	-0.3 °C	1.3 °C	-2.8 °C	54 mm	23 days	22 cm	13 days
1945	-1.8 °C	0.1 °C	-4.3 °C	80 mm	25 days	28 cm	14 days
1944	-2.0 °C	-0.0 °C	-4.6 °C	78 mm	26 days	37 cm	14 days
1943	-4.8 °C	-2.2 °C	-8.1 °C	18 mm	31 days	13 cm	6 days
1942	-0.3 °C	1.6 °C	-3.0 °C	98 mm	26 days	23 cm	13 days
1941	-0.5 °C	1.3 °C	-3.0 °C	88 mm	22 days	21 cm	12 days
1940	-3.2 °C	-1.0 °C	-6.0 °C	31 mm	30 days	15 cm	8 days

May records

Hottest day

19.2 °C

May 24, 2010 estimate

Coldest night

-18.1 °C

May 9, 1948 estimate

Wettest day

43 mm

May 9, 1973 estimate

The weather on your birthday in Nuuk

Any day since 1940: high, low, rain, snow, and how warm it was compared with the same date in every other year.

Questions & answers

How warm is Nuuk in May?

Highs average 3.9 °C and lows -1.0 °C. A typical May brings 0 hot days (30 °C or more) and 18 frost days.

Does it rain a lot in Nuuk in May?

About 58 mm falls in May, over some 8 days with at least 1 mm. The wettest May was 2005 (188 mm), the driest 2019 (0 mm).

What was the warmest May in Nuuk?

2010, with a mean temperature of 6.4 °C. The coldest was 1966 (-5.3 °C). The last one, 2025, ranks 32 of 86.